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PROFANITY:

PERSUADING Antonyms

9 antonyms for persuading. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For PERSUADING

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
discouraging

adjective

adj

adjective

• depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

adjective satellite

• expressing disapproval in order to dissuade

hindering

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• preventing movement

deterring

verb, adverb, adjective

v, adv, adj

verb

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• turn away from by persuasion

dissuading

verb, adjective

v, adj

verb

• turn away from by persuasion

forcing

verb

v

noun

• a powerful effect or influence

• (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

• physical energy or intensity

• group of people willing to obey orders

• a unit that is part of some military service

• an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a group of people having the power of effective action

• (of a law) having legal validity

• a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

verb

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

• move with force

• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• do forcibly; exert force

• take by force

obstructing

verb, adjective

v, adj

verb

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• block passage through

• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

preventing

verb

v

verb

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

dissuade

verb

v

verb

• turn away from by persuasion

deter

verb

v

verb

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• turn away from by persuasion

Alternatives for DISCOURAGING

Words (21)

Alternatives for HINDERING

Words (33)

Alternatives for DETERRING

Words (8)

Alternatives for DISSUADING

Words (6)

Alternatives for FORCING

Words (28)
Phrases (4)

Alternatives for OBSTRUCTING

Words (20)

Alternatives for PREVENTING

Words (26)

Alternatives for DISSUADE

Words (9)